Scooby's Scary Christmas! (Scooby-Doo)

by Random House

Overview

Join Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang on a Christmas adventure in this Step 3 Step into Reading Comic Reader!

It’s Christmas Eve, and a scary snow monster is out to ruin the holiday. Can Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred solve the mystery before Christmas morning? Kids ages 5 to 8 will love this Step 3 leveled reader with comic panels and speech balloons!
 
Comic readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue! Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics.
 
Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593645451
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Series:	Step into Reading: Step into Read/ComicRdr(Step3)
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	16 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Established in July 2013 in a merger between Penguin and Random House, Penguin Random House, with nearly 250 independent imprints and brands on five continents, more than 15,000 new titles published each year, and close to 800 million print, audio, and eBooks sold annually, is the world’s leading trade book publisher. Like its predecessor companies, Penguin Random House is committed to publishing adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print editions and is a pioneer in digital publishing. Its publishing lists include more than 60 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.

Editorial Reviews

09/01/2022

Gr 1–3—On Christmas Eve, Scooby and the gang are traveling to Daphne's uncle's house when they realize the bridge is out, forcing them to stop at a nearby inn. They encounter a snow monster who has been terrorizing the town for quite some time, destroying the chimneys of local houses. As one might predict with a Scooby-Doo mystery, the monster turns out to be a disguise for a villain up to no good. The gang foils the villain's plans in time for everyone to enjoy a Merry Christmas. Full-color illustrations are laid out in comic-book style; the opening page introduces how to read a comic book. Simple text includes one or two blocks of narrative per page and one or two speech bubbles per page, making the story accessible to emerging readers. The illustrations of the familiar cartoon characters add clarity to the plot and provide familiarity for those who are already fans of Scooby-Doo. Some of the elements of the cartoon series don't quite translate to the early reader format. For example, Shaggy's manner of speech with frequent additions of "like" may be unclear to young readers. However, exclamations like "Zoinks!" and "Jeepers!" are highlighted in the graphics effectively, so they remain part of the character of the series without young readers necessarily having to pronounce them. VERDICT A fun holiday offering for early reader collections.—Kelly Jahng

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